jeff hager joins us from the area that was hit the hardest. jeff, what do you have for us? >> the simple answers is that there have been no repairs thus far. the first order of business is to actually shut down the water from that five foot main. you're gonna see we have the water flowing pretty freely, the water running down hill on north charles street all the way to north avenue. we understand that work has been suspended for the night because othe winds and the rain coming down. it appears it may take some time to get this area back to normal. >> reporter: had-heavy machinery claws at the earth where a massive water main dating back to the 20s has now sent torrents of water streaming. >> we have most of the water shut down. it's a situation of turning a few more valves. you can't just turn it on and off. some people may see a bit of cloudiness. >> in the near by senior apartments, when residents like this, check their faucets that cloudy water looked like a mudslide. >> like that when i first turned it on and all this dirt came out. >> reporter: water from the main trap